latelenovela Chapter 983 Airdrop Supplies
Chapter 983 Airdrop Supplies
There are no Czech light machine guns in Guo Shaoqiu's army, but there are some in Li Shaoyi's system. The call was made to Wu Zhenlei, and then to Li Shaoyi, and they said that machine guns and bullets would be transported during the airborne operation this afternoon.
Airlift machine guns from the island city!
The brothers of the 51st Regiment were all in shock after hearing the news. In this day and age, let alone ordinary soldiers like them, even businessmen with a little bit of money had only heard of the term "airplane" but had never actually seen one.
Take the air ticket from Pujiang to Beijing for example. A group leader like Su Kang would have to spend several months' salary to buy a ticket. What kind of person can afford to fly?
"Captain, hurry up and eat! It will be gone soon."
Seeing Su Kang staring blankly, the orderly quickly advised his captain to eat more. For lunch, he had braised pork with potatoes and pork ribs and winter melon soup.
But the brothers of the 51st Regiment had rarely eaten meat. Even in the wealthy Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, ordinary people did not have much affinity with meat.
Su Kang came to his senses after hearing what his men said. He thought that he could have a big steamed bun for lunch, which was already good enough, but who knew that each person was given a lunch box with only two dishes in it. The brothers ate so fast that they bit their tongues off. Moreover, they also said that as long as you don't waste food, you can eat as much as you want, but if you waste food, you will go hungry for two days.
"Look at the way you eat. You've lost all the people in our 51st Regiment. Why did I bring you guys here? You don't even have enough to eat."
Seeing how his men ate, Su Kang said somewhat depressedly, "This is too unmannerly. It looks like we have never eaten before."
After all, we are members of the Zhejiang Provincial Military Police Corps. Our supplies are among the best in the entire Zhejiang Provincial Army. But looking at the way you guys eat, it really brings shame to the Military Police Corps.
"Captain, we are not embarrassing you. Look at that big fat braised pork. It sizzles with oil. We would be satisfied if we could have a piece of it during the New Year. But you have to work hard to cook those 20-jin pots. And the fat chef said that we can go back for another bowl after we finish eating."
A battalion commander next to him was almost speechless after eating so much. Two steamed buns and a bowl of braised pork made his stomach half full. Who said that people in the south eat less?
After the battalion commander finished speaking, he didn't wait for Su Kang to speak. He quickly took his lunch box and went to line up again.
"Cigarettes, cigarettes! One box per person, 5 per day, that's enough for 4 days."
The dishes here were not even washed yet when the orderly came over in a jeep and asked everyone to line up and gave each person a box of cigarettes.
There are other things for non-smokers, such as chocolate, fruit candies, etc.
However, few people want those cigarettes, but they are hard currency in the market. Take the Camel brand cigarettes issued by the 72nd Army, for example, they cost 7 cents a pack in the market.
It costs 8 packs of cigarettes a month, and if you don't smoke, that's an extra 5 yuan.
"You little brat can't smoke, so give it to me. I'll take you to Dapu River to see it for yourself."
An old soldier is trying to deceive the new recruits...
"You're old, come on. This is your first time in Dapujiang. Take me out to see the streets and stuff. I can go by myself. Don't think I don't know. They sell for 70 cents a bag, and this grocery store takes 50 cents. If I fight with the 72nd Army for a month, I'll make an extra 4 yuan."
When the recruits heard this, everyone around them laughed. They had never seen a unit giving out cigarettes before. This was the first time, and the ones they gave out were of such good quality. In their previous army, even officers couldn't afford to smoke.
"Assemble, assemble, everyone on alert."
Just an hour and a half after they finished their meal, the sound of everyone being on alert was heard.
"According to orders from our superiors, an airdrop will be dispatched in 40 minutes. All personnel will be divided into groups of 15 and prepared to transport the airdrop."
Although Su Kang said that he was unwilling to let his troops serve as porters, Guo Shaoqiu's men were on guard duty and had to keep a close eye on the nearby Japanese troops. If anyone tried to snatch the airdrop from us, they would start fighting immediately.
Guo Shaoqiu also gave orders, asking the artillerymen to pay attention and blow up wherever the airdrops are located when they fall to the enemy side. The Japanese soldiers will definitely come over anyway, and we will not only destroy the airdrops, but also make them sacrifice a certain number of people.
The armored vehicles also received orders. Seeing that the airdrops would not fall on our heads, the artillery on the armored vehicles could fire at the airdrops and destroy them in the air.
The weather was quite good today. Although it was drizzling, the signs on the ground were very bright. After the air force pilots arrived, the fighter planes first drove away the surrounding Japanese aircraft, and then the transport planes began to drop airdrops at an extremely low altitude.
The soldiers on the battlefield seemed to be witnessing something new. Previously, they had only heard about the air force resupplying, but now they were seeing the real thing. The altitude of the airdrops had been lowered by 20% compared to before, also due to the relatively small land area in Luodian.
"Fire at me."
The artillery observer spotted two airdrops drifting over the Japanese positions, and hundreds of nearby Japanese soldiers rushed over like crazy. At that moment, the artillery attack coordinates were immediately drawn. Our twelve 100mm mortars directly launched over 40 shells at them. "Let's see if you still have any chance of survival."
The Japanese were also dumbfounded. They thought that picking up two airdrops meant they would get rich, but they didn't expect that more than 40 100mm large-caliber shells would explode around them and kill more than 180 people who were picking up the airdrops. Except for the 10 or so people who moved faster, they suddenly lay down, and the rest of the people had to wait for the baptism of shells.
The fighter planes in the sky were not idle either. After driving away the Japanese planes, they saw four parachutes on the ground floating towards the Japanese, and they immediately launched two rounds of machine gun fire. If you want to pick up our airdrops, you'd better see if you have time to catch them.
There were about 40 large boxes in total, and only 4 floated to the Japanese side, which was relatively good. Although the Japanese also picked up 4 airdrops, two of them exploded in mid-air and two were blown to ashes by artillery shells. It is estimated that some machine gun parts can also be obtained.
Pilots on the battlefield also made an assessment. If they could guarantee air safety, they could drop another 100 meters during the next airdrop to increase the accuracy by 10%.